3,047 Quotes About Law

We need rules when we are young but once they are instilled we can have sensible leeway

Every religion contains portions of the law. In fact, some unbelievers, by their knowledge of the law, have advanced so far that they realize that their souls need to be cleansed, that their thoughts and desires need to be purified. But only in the Christian religion will you find the Gospel. Other religions do not contain even a speck of it.

The Gospel does not say, "you must do good works." Rather, it fashions us into human beings, into creatures who cannot help serve God and fellow human beings. Without a doubt, a precious effect!

In a secular democracy, a person is supposed to be punished only when he breaks the law; never because he is evil. That is, after all, what distinguishes a democracy from a theocracy.

I've a regard for law, although I do not always agree with it. Without law, man becomes a beast.

An unjust law is no law at all.

Under a system in which no single question is submitted to the electorate for direct decision, an ardent minority for or against a particular measure may often count for more than an apathetic majority.

Sometimes, how a person answers a question is more important than what they actually say.

An eye for an eye will only make the world bright. Sorry, Mahatma. This is the absolute and only true form of justice.